Cadaver dog searches Harriman park for murder suspect

9:43 AM,
Oct. 3, 2012

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The Journal News

HAVERSTRAW, Rockland County - A tracking dog that specializes in finding dead bodies ran around the woods sniffing for slay suspect Eugene Palmer in the area where police had found the 73-year-old woodsman's truck in Harriman State Park, authorities said.

Officials have been concerned that Palmer has become ill or incapacitated since police contend he entered the Harriman State Park woods on Sept. 24 after his daughter-in-law, Tammy Palmer, was shot to death on his property on Willow Grove Road.

Searchers didn't plan to use a cadaver dog, but the canine showed up Monday afternoon with one ...